bother
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an angry disturbance
he didn't want to make a fuss
Types & categories
- disturbance hypernym
Related & opposite
- hassle derivation
- inconvenience derivation
Sense 2 verb
take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday
Types & categories
- strain hypernym
Related & opposite
- difficulty derivation
Sense 3 noun
something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer
Types & categories
- negative stimulus hypernym
- nuisance hyponym
- irritant hyponym
- plague hyponym
Related & opposite
- devil derivation
- bother derivation
- pain derivation
- inconvenience derivation
Sense 4 verb
cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me
Types & categories
- displease hypernym
- get under one's skin hyponym
- eat into hyponym
- peeve hyponym
- ruffle hyponym
- fret hyponym
- hassle hyponym
- antagonize hyponym
Related & opposite
- annoying derivation
- mischief derivation
- provocation derivation
- pain in the ass derivation
- irritant derivation
- temper derivation
- tease derivation
- annoyance derivation
- chafe verb group
Sense 5 verb
to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
Sorry to trouble you, but...
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- inconvenience derivation
- trouble derivation
- pain in the ass derivation
- hassle derivation
- annoyance derivation
- inconvenience derivation
Sense 6 verb
intrude or enter uninvited
Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers
Types & categories
- irrupt hypernym
Sense 7 verb
make nervous or agitated
The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster
Types & categories
- commove hypernym
Related & opposite
- pain in the ass derivation
- annoyance derivation
- bother verb group
Sense 8 verb
make confused or perplexed or puzzled
Types & categories
- disconcert hypernym
Related & opposite
- bother verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hassle |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | inconvenience |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | disturbance |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | difficulty |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | strain |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | devil |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bother |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pain |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | inconvenience |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | negative stimulus |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | nuisance |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | irritant |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | plague |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | annoying |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | mischief |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | provocation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pain in the ass |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | irritant |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | temper |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | tease |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | annoyance |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | chafe |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | displease |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | get under one's skin |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | eat into |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | peeve |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | ruffle |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | fret |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | hassle |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | antagonize |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | inconvenience |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | trouble |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | pain in the ass |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | hassle |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | annoyance |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | inconvenience |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | affect |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | distress |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | irrupt |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | pain in the ass |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | annoyance |
| 7 | verb group | Related & opposite | bother |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | commove |
| 8 | verb group | Related & opposite | bother |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | disconcert |